Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LABORATORY/MIRROR/MOVING COIL/AC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0668.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tinsley, H. & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- SS4
- LOCATION
- Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1825
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASE/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 71.6 cm
- Width
- 16.6 cm
- Height
- 18.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Tinsley
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Saint-Jérôme
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
ARTIFACT WAS DONATED BY THE CCAC. NO PROVENANCE IS KNOWN. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING THE EXISTENCE & DETERMINING THE STRENGTH OF SMALL ELECTRIC CURRENTS. - Technical
-
ANCETORS OF MOVING COIL INSTRUMENTS WERE 'SIPHON RECORDER' DEV'D BY WILLIAM THOMSON (1867) FOR TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY & 'FISHBONE GALVANOMETER' INVENTED BY MARCEL DEPREZ (1880). JACQUEST D'ARSONVALSUGGESTED FIXING 'FISHBONE' IN DEPREZ'S INSTRUMENT & MAKING ITS COIL MOVEABLE... (SEE COMPLETE WS IN S.I. & O:DRIVE S.I.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE READING 'GALVANOMETER/ TYPE S54, 50 CYCLES/ NO. 1825/ H. TINSLEY & CO. LTD./ ST. JEROME, P.Q.'/.2 PLATE READING 'GALVANOMETER/ TYPE S54, 25 CYCLES/ NO. 1826/ H. TINSLEY & CO. LTD./ ST. JEROME, P.Q.'/ BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED LABELS READING 'L279', WITH SAME NUMBER HAND WRITTEN IN BLACK
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED/ INTERIOR PAINTED FLAT BLACK/ PLATED METAL/ BLACK SYNTHETIC FEET
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tinsley, H. & Co. Ltd., Galvanometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.0668, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0668.001/
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